College of Chemical and Life Science

Representative Faculty Publications

Publication Year: 
2008

Advanced Functional Material

L. Linjie, E. Gershgoren, G. Kumi, W.-Y. Chen, P.-T. Ho, W. N. Herman and J. T. Fourkas, “High Performance Microring Resonators Fabricated with Multiphoton Absorption Polymerization,” Adv. Mater., 2008, 20, 3668-3671

Accounts of Chemical Research

S. I. Cho and S. B. Lee, “Fast Electrochemistry of Conductive Polymer Nanotubes: Synthesis, Mechanism and Application,” Acc. Chem. Res., 2008, 41, 699-707.

Analytical Chemistry

D. Krznaric, G. R. Helz, Bura-Nakic and D. Jurašin, “Accumulation Mechanism for Metal Chalcogenide Nanoparticles at Hg0 Electrodes; Cu Sulfide Example,” Anal. Chem., 2008, 80, 742-749.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

H. Wang, M. S. Wahi and S. E. Rokita, “Immortalizing a Transient Electrophile for DNA Cross-linking,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 1291-1293.

Y. Wang, J. Wolf, P. Zavalij, and M. P. Doyle, “Cationic Chiral Dirhodium Carboxamidates are Activated for Lewis Acid Catalysis,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 1439-1442. S. Liu, A. Shukla, S. Gadde; B. D. Wagner; A. E. Kaifer, L. Isaacs, “Ternary Complexes Comprising Cucurbit[10]uril, Porphyrins, and Guests,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 2657-2660.

Chemical Communications

J.-H. Xie, J. M. Nichols, C. Lubek, and M. P. Doyle, “Synthesis of Bis(s-aryl)dirhodium(III) Caprolactamates by Oxidative Arylation With Arylboronic Acids,” Chem. Commun., 2008, 2671-2673.

J. Zhang, E. Khaskin, N. P. Anderson, and A. N. Vedernikov, “Catalytic Aerobic Oxidation of Substituted 8-Methylquinolines in PdII – 2,6-Pyridinedicarboxylic Acids Systems,” Chem. Commun., 2008, 3625-3627.

Journal of Proteome Research

S. Swatkoski, P. Gutierrez, C. Wynne, A. Petrov, J. D. Dinman, N. Edwards, and C. Fenselau, “Evaluation of Microwave-Accelerated Residue-specific Acid Cleavage for Proteomic Applications,” J. Prot. Res., 2008, 7, 579-586.

H. Xu, L. Yang, W. Wang, S. R. Shi, C. Liu, Y. Liu, X. Fang, C. R. Taylor, C. S. Lee, B. M. Balgley, “Antigen Retrieval for Proteomic Characterization of Formalin-Fixed and Paraffin-Embedded Tissues,” J. Prot. Res., 2008, 7, 1098-1108.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

W. Zhang and L. R. Sita, “Highly Efficient, Living Coordinative Chain-Transfer Polymerization of Propene with ZnEt2: Practical Production of Ultrahigh to Very Low Molecular Weight Amorphous Atactic Polypropenes of Extremely Narrow Polydispersity,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 442-443.

Q. Zhu, S. Thyagarajan, S. E. Rokita, K. D. Karlin and N. Blough, “Hydrogen Peroxide and Dioxygen Activation by Dinuclear Copper Complexes in Aqueous Solution: Hydroxyl Radical Production Initiated by Internal Electron Transfer,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 6304-6305.

S. Nakayama, L. Yan and H. O. Sintim, “Junction Probes- Sequence Specific Detection of Nucleic Acids via Template Enhanced Hybridization Processes,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, (38), 12560-12561.

A. Yahav-L. I. Goldberg, A. Vigalok, and A. N. Vedernikov, “Competitive Aryl-Iodide vs. Aryl-Aryl Reductive Elimination Reactions In Pt(IV) Complexes: Experimental and Theoretical Studies,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, ,130, 724-731.

J. R. Khusnutdinova, L. Newman, P. Y. Zavalij, Y.-F. Lam, and A. N. Vedernikov, “Direct C(sp3)-O Reductive Elimination of Olefin Oxides from PtIV-Oxetanes Prepared by Aerobic Oxidation of PtII Olefin Derivatives (Olefin = cis-Cyclooctene, Norbornene),” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 2174-2175.

E. Khaskin, P.Y. Zavalij, and A.N. Vedernikov, “Bidirectional Transfer of Phenyl and Methyl Groups between PtIV and B in Platinum Dipyridylborato Complexes,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 10088-10089.

K. Y. Choi, J. J. Han, B. He, S. B. Lee, “Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Syndiotactic Polystyrene Nanofibrils in Silica Nanotube Reactors,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 3920-3926. R. Liu, S. B. Lee, “MnO2/Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Coaxial Nanowires by One-Step Coelectrodeposition for Electrochemical Energy Storage,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 2942-2943.

 L. Li, M. Driscoll, G. Kumi, R. Hernandez, K. J. Gaskell, W. Losert, and J. T. Fourkas, “Binary and Gray-Scale Patterning of Chemical Functionality on Polymer Films,” J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 13512-13513

W.-H. Huang, P. Y. Zavalij, L. Isaacs, “Cucurbit[n]uril Formation Proceeds by Step-Growth Cyclo-Oligomerization,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 8446-8454.

J. Lin, D. Thirumalai, “Relative Stability of Helices Determines the Folding Landscape of Adenine Riboswitch Aptamers,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 14080.

D.L. Pincus, C. Hyeon, D. Thirumalai, “Effects of Trimethylamine N-Oxide (TMAO) and Crowding Agents on the Stability of RNA Hairpins,” J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 7364–7372.

C. Hyeon, D. Thirumalai, “Multiple Probes are Required to Explore and Control the Rugged Energy Landscape of RNA Hairpins,” J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 1538-1539.

C. Guo, D. Zhang, V. Tugarinov, “An NMR Experiment for Simultaneous TROSY-based Detection of Amide and Methyl Groups in Large Proteins,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 10872-10873.

L. Ma, M. Melegari, M. Colombini and J. T. Davis, “Large and Stable Transmembrane Pores from Guanosine-Bile Acid Conjugates,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 2938-2939.

S. Alayoglu, B. Eichhorn, “Rh-Pt Bimetallic Catalysts:  Synthesis, Characterization and Catalysis of Core-Shell, Alloy and Monometallic Nanoparticles,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 17479–17486.

Nano Letters

A. Nan, X. Bai, S. J. Son, S. B. Lee, and H. Ghandehari, “Cellular Uptake and Cytotoxicity of Silica Nanotubes,” Nano Letters, 2008, 8, 2150-2154.

Nature Biotechnology

S. Mathivanan, M. Ahmed, N. G. Ahn, H. Alexandre, R. Amanchy, P. C Andrews, J. S Bader, B. M. Balgley, M. Bantscheff, K. L. Bennett, E. Björling, B. Blagoev, R. Bose, S. K. Brahmachari1, A. S Burlingame, X. R. Bustelo, G. Cagney, G. T. Cantin, H. L. Cardasis, J. E. Celis, R. Chaerkady, F. Chu, P. A. Cole, C. E. Costello, R. J. Cotter, D. Crockett, J. P. DeLany, A. M. De Marzo, L. V. Dransfield, G. Drewes, A. Droit, M. J Dunn, K. Elenitoba-Johnson, R. M. Ewing, J. Van Eyk, V. Faca, J. Falkner, X. Fang, C. Fenselau, et al, “Human Proteinpedia Enables Sharing of Human Protein Data,” Nature Biotechnology, 2008, 26, 164-167.

Nature Materials

S. Alayoglu, B. Eichhorn, A. U. Nilekar, M. Mavrikakis, “Ru@Pt Core-Shell Nanocatalysts for Enhanced Preferential Oxidation of CO in Hydrogen,” Nature Materials, 2008, 7, 333-338.

Nucleic Acids Research

N. A. Becker, J. D. Kahn, and L. J. Maher, “Eukaryotic HMGB Proteins as Replacements for HU in E. coli Repression Loop Formation,” Nucleic Acids Res., 2008, 36, 4009-4021.

Physical Review Letters

J. Horowitz, C. Jarzynski, “Comment on ‘Failure of the Work-Hamiltonian Connection for Free-Energy Calculations,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 2008, 101, 098901-1.

S. Jun, D. Thirumalai, B.Y. Ha, “Compression and Stretching of a Self-Avoiding Chain in Cylindrical Nanopores,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 2008, 101, 138101.

S. Rahav, J. Horowitz, C. Jarzynski, “Directed Flow in Nonadiabatic Stochastic Pumps,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 2008, 101, 140602-1 to 140602-4.

S. Vaikuntanathan, C. Jarzynski, “Escorted Free Energy Simulations: Improving Convergence by Reducing Dissipation,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 2008, 100, 190601-1 to 190601-4.

V. Barsegov, G. Morrison, D. Thirumalai, “Role of Internal Chain Dynamics on the Rupture Kinetics of Adhesive Contacts,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 2008, 100, 248102.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

C. Jarzynski, “The Thermodynamics of Writing a Random Polymer,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 2008, 105, 9451-9452.

C. Hyeon, G. Morrison, D. Thirumalai, “Force-dependent Hopping Rates of RNA Hairpins can be estimated From Accurate Measurement of the Folding Landscapes,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 2008, 105, 9604.

E. P. O'Brien, G. Ziv, G. Haran, B. R. Brooks, D. Thirumalai, “Effects of Denaturants and Osmolytes on Proteins are Accurately Predicted by the Molecular Transfer Model,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 2008, 105, 13403.

C. Tao, Q. Liu, B. S. Riddick, W. G. Cullen, J. Reutt-Robey, J. D. Weeks, and E. D. Williams, “Dynamic Interfaces in an Organic Thin Film,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 2008, 105, 16418-16425.

L. Hua, R. Zhou, D. Thirumalai, B.J. Berne, “Urea Denaturation by Stronger Dispersion Interactions with Proteins Than Water Implies a 2-stage Unfolding,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 2008, 105, 16928.

J. P. Grason, J. S. Gresham, L. Widjaja, S. C. Wehri, G. H. Lorimer, “Setting the Chaperonin Timer: the Effects of K+ and Substrate Protein on ATP Hydrolysis,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 2008, 105, 17334-8.

J. P. Grason, J. S. Gresham, G. H. Lorimer, “Setting the Chaperonin Timer: a Two-stroke, Two-speed, Protein Machine,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 2008, 105, 17339-44.

S. Vaitheeswaran, D. Thirumalai, “Interactions Between Amino Acid Side Chains in Cylindrical Hydrophobic Nanopores with Applications to Peptide Stability,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 2008, 105, 17636.

J. M. Rodgers and J. D. Weeks, “Interplay of Local Hydrogen-bonding and Long-ranged Dipolar Forces in Simulations of Confined Water,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 2008, 105, 19136-19141.

RNA

K.T. Dayie, R.A. Padgett, “A Glimpse Into the Active Site of a Group II Intron and Maybe the Spliceosome, too,” RNA, 2008, 14, 1697– 1703.

Science

E. Garand, J. Zhou, D. E. Manolopoulos, M. H. Alexander, and D. M. Neumark, “Non-adiabatic Interactions in the Cl+H2 Reaction Probed by Photoelectron Imaging of ClH2– and ClD2–,” Science, 2008, 319, 72-75.

S. Tilmes, R. Müller, and R. J. Salawitch, “The Sensitivity of Polar Ozone Depletion to Proposed Geoengineering Schemes,” Science, 2008, 320, 1201–1204.

X. Wang, W. Dong, C. Xiao, Z. Ren, D. Dai, X. Wang, P. Casavecchia, X. Yang, B. Jiang, D. Xie, Z. Sun, S.-Y. Lee, D. H. Zhang, H.-J. Werner, and M. H. Alexander, “The Extent of Non-Born-Oppenheimer Coupling in the Reaction of Cl(2P) with para-H2,” Science, 2008, 322, 573-576.

Small

I. Perez, E. Robertson, P. Banerjee, L. Henn-Lecordier, S.-J. Son, S. B. Lee, G. W. Rubloff, “Efficient Nanotube Metrology and Application to Nanodevices Employing Atomic Layer Deposition,” Small, 2008, 4, 1223-1232.